Can somebody please quote the guide that states how to properly upgrade from the 1xx to 2xx public address change? Thanks in advance!
Public Key Change 2 questions
What do I have to do? Please backup your wallet.dat file and update to the latest Bitcore-core version:
https://github.com/LIMXTEC/BitCore/releases and install.
Now copy your wallet.dat to your new Bitcore folder. The software automatically updates all your addresses to new public keys starting with “2” instead of a “1”.
You can now interact with all new addresses, however not with the old format. To do so, you need the old version of Bitcore Core (0.15.0.3 or lower).
This is only relevant within the 3 months transition phase. After that period all services and users should be using the new software versions.
What does the public key change mean? Due to potential roadblocks with many hardware and service providers, we have come to the conclusion that it is necessary for us to change the public key prefix. Since we use the same prefix as bitcoin (“1”, “3” and “bc1”), we decided that Bitcore BTX should use the following new prefixes:
Wallets 1xxx -> 2xxx
Wallets 3xxx -> sxxx
Wallets bc1 -> btx
We would like to ask all Bitcore users to slowly but surely upgrade to the new system.
To do so, please follow these steps:
1. Open your Bitcore core / Bitcore-QT wallet.
2. Create a backup of your wallet.dat and store it in a safe place. For example a USB-Stick that you later put in a safe-deposit box.
3. Download the latest wallet and replace the wallet.dat that will be created on startup with your old wallet.dat
4. Bitcore-QT will automatically create new public keys for your private keys, starting with 2xxx instead of 1xxx.
5. It is important to note, that you can only use your old public keys to send to other old addresses and vis versa – you can send only to the new format from the new format. The address formats are not interchangeable.
Please note that the private keys are in no way affected by this change. Any private key is fully compatible with both the old formatting as well as the new one.
The new wallet, supporting the new format only, is still in beta mode but can be download and tested via the official github:
https://github.com/LIMXTEC/BitCore/releases Note: There will be an official release soon. Meanwhile here is a basic tool, to convert old addresses to the new 2xxx format:
https://limxtec.github.io/btx-convert/ We also want to inform you that there’s no rush to update, we set a timeframe of 3 months in which we want to complete the transition. After this period bitcore core 0.16 will be released which will only use the new public keys.
If you have any questions feel free to ask here in the forum or on our numerous social media and telegram channels. See
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.40724430 for a full link list.
